miata whore/ turbo noob
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miata *****/ turbo noob
Hi I'm Tyler, from the D/FW area, and I've owned a miatas for a few years now and have been tearing them up since day one. I've read and learned a ton on this forum, but I'm finally growing a pair and making a post. I have a 4 running miatas currently, but i want to focus on turboing my 95 se montego blue (aqua now), it has 180k on the body, 5k on a built motor (forged rods, pistons, oil pump, rebuilt head) 80k tranny, 11lb flywheel, organic clutch, '97 injectors, a/c and power steering delete, coolant reroute, aluminum rad, headers, headerback, and weight reduction i.e. anything plastic.
I have a ae101 itb setup with adapter plate and a ported head to match, and an sr20 t25 with a manifold that i think would make one hell of a combo in this car. this is my first turbo build but it will be my fourth engine build. I've done my research (turbo books, read the stickys, years of reading). I know I'm not even close to having half the stuff i need but i want to do it as correctly as possible the first time for the cheapest i can, and yes, some ebay things may be used. Power goal of around 200 to the wheels, nothing too cray.
I like autocross, I love drifting, mixed feelings about drag, and would like to develop a more competitive taste for rally (yes she goes off road). I hope that's not too much!
I have a ae101 itb setup with adapter plate and a ported head to match, and an sr20 t25 with a manifold that i think would make one hell of a combo in this car. this is my first turbo build but it will be my fourth engine build. I've done my research (turbo books, read the stickys, years of reading). I know I'm not even close to having half the stuff i need but i want to do it as correctly as possible the first time for the cheapest i can, and yes, some ebay things may be used. Power goal of around 200 to the wheels, nothing too cray.
I like autocross, I love drifting, mixed feelings about drag, and would like to develop a more competitive taste for rally (yes she goes off road). I hope that's not too much!
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My local(ish) track always did "drift-cross" which was an autocross and drift day at the same time. They had drifting on the big course, and simultaneously ran an auto-x circuit in the small section of track and parking lot. It was awesome, very entertaining to watch. And if you entered one, you could compete in the other.
I'm not a huge dorifto fan, but anything that attracts more people to flog on their cars so i can watch/participate is good IMO.
Back on topic, OP give us pictarz! Sounds like you have a nice motor built up, why not put a real snail behind it? sr20 t25 + itbs sounds like a waste to me (as a current user of a sr20 t25 take my advice, this is not a turbo for a 1.8 if you want topend at all.) Especially so with a built motor.
I'm not a huge dorifto fan, but anything that attracts more people to flog on their cars so i can watch/participate is good IMO.
Back on topic, OP give us pictarz! Sounds like you have a nice motor built up, why not put a real snail behind it? sr20 t25 + itbs sounds like a waste to me (as a current user of a sr20 t25 take my advice, this is not a turbo for a 1.8 if you want topend at all.) Especially so with a built motor.
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The t25 is just to start out, i know it can handle alot more but i want to get used to forced induction and play it safe before i look into real power.
I have a car for each discipline of racing, that's why i have an interest in auto cross AND drift AND rally, I just love being behind the wheel going "fast" in a miata.
I have a car for each discipline of racing, that's why i have an interest in auto cross AND drift AND rally, I just love being behind the wheel going "fast" in a miata.
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DFW is probably one of the best places in the country for doing road courses -- a discipline a lot of us do that you didn't mention. Lots of options . . . MSR-C, Eagle's Canyon, TX MSW and, with some driving, MSR-H, Hallett, Harris Hill, COTA. If you really want to go fast, that's the way to do it!
I've seen the green car before somewhere. Can't remember.
Cool stuff.
I've seen the green car before somewhere. Can't remember.
Cool stuff.